variants
also focussing
variants
also focussing
as in concentrating
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
try to focus your attention on the task at hand
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Recent Examples of focusing
Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
Raman, 44, has attempted to position herself as Bass’ most serious ideological challenger from the left, focusing heavily on housing affordability, tenant protections and criticism of the city’s political status quo.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 29 May 2026
Daniella Silva Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 29 May 2026
The Sherlock Holmes franchise continues its expansion with a modern reinvention series focusing on his arch nemesis James Moriarty.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 May 2026
More so than focusing on home runs, Georgia wants to focus on getting good matchups.
—Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
The leaders who navigate scaling well tend to transition from solely focusing on driving outcomes to integrating the right systems around them.
—Kevin O'Neill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
But right now, Smith is focusing on improving and learning Frank Reich’s offense ahead of training camp, which starts in late July.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
In the original treatment, Sidney Poitier would do narration, commenting on the events, and there would be additional interviews, focusing on how the Renaissance impacted the present day.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Verb
Sifting Out the Solution Since receiving his doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 2000, Chan had been developing and refining ways to compress complicated quantum states by focusing only on their most important configurations.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
Raman, 44, has attempted to position herself as Bass’ most serious ideological challenger from the left, focusing heavily on housing affordability, tenant protections and criticism of the city’s political status quo.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 29 May 2026
Daniella Silva Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 29 May 2026
The Sherlock Holmes franchise continues its expansion with a modern reinvention series focusing on his arch nemesis James Moriarty.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 May 2026
More so than focusing on home runs, Georgia wants to focus on getting good matchups.
—Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
The leaders who navigate scaling well tend to transition from solely focusing on driving outcomes to integrating the right systems around them.
—Kevin O'Neill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
But right now, Smith is focusing on improving and learning Frank Reich’s offense ahead of training camp, which starts in late July.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
In the original treatment, Sidney Poitier would do narration, commenting on the events, and there would be additional interviews, focusing on how the Renaissance impacted the present day.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing
Adjective
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The remodeled location will drop clothing, jewelry, electronics, the pharmacy, optical center, bakery, tire shop and food court, though the gas station will remain open.—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
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That reduces the optical power and is one of the most notable sacrifices in pursuit of a better gaming design.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Lack of reliable access to menstrual products contributes to absenteeism, missed instructional time, and difficulty concentrating in class.—
Gale Brewer,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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With less competition, and fewer downward pressures on costs, suppliers may choose to exit Massachusetts altogether, further concentrating the market and eliminating the competitive dynamic that has delivered savings for Massachusetts residents for decades.—
Michael Rombach,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Hetzel was diagnosed with NF and an optic glioma that impacts her vision.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Bring Alaïa’s soft sage skirt into sharp focus with the addition of monochromatic extras—a sculptural black top and optic white heels.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone wondering how to make each hour in their workday riveting for television viewers.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These are the ocular dominance columns, described in the Nobel Prize-winning research of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel in the 1960s, whose recordings from cats’ (Felis catus) and macaques’ (genus Macaca) revealed that the visual cortex is not a neutral integrator of the two eyes’ signals.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Funded through donations and the sale of inspirational cards containing McCrary’s artwork, her nonprofit has in the last three years paid for 2,000 trips for more than 200 ocular melanoma patients to receive life-sustaining treatments similar to what saved her.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Parsons spoke to IndieWire in detail about his debut film‘s shot construction, visual effects, sound design, and narrative world-building.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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“Focusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focusing. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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